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Friday, March 21, 2014

New Beginnings by Raine English

It never fails. Every year by March first, I
start my daily countdown to spring. It’s not just that I’m tired of the cold
and the snow, but I’m ready for the new beginnings that come with springtime.
Maybe that’s why one of my favorite parts of a romance, whether a novel or a
movie, is the hero and heroine’s first meeting—their new beginning.

Who doesn’t get choked up from a scene in a
story where a woman sees her boyfriend for the first time after he’s served
years in the military? Or felt your heart race as new lovers lock eyes from
across a crowded room? And nothing tops the feelings experienced with a first
love. One of my favorites to depict that is The
Notebook by Nicholas Sparks.

In Nora Ephron’s romantic comedy, Sleepless in Seattle, most of the movie
is the buildup to Sam and Annie’s first meeting. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, Daisy meets Gatsby as
a young officer and their love affair lasts only a month before he’s shipped
overseas during World War 1. But their relationship begins again five years
later after he buys the mansion across the bay from her estate. And the first
meeting between Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice begins with him
saying she’s
tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt him.

Each one of these stories tugs at your
heartstrings and are just a few of my favorite new beginnings. What are some of
yours?

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Raine
English lives in New England with her family and her constant companion,
Bailey, a French bulldog. To find out more about Raine and her books visit RaineEnglish.com

11 comments:

My favorite 'new beginning' in a movie is in 'Casablanca' when Rick comes rushing across the club to stop Sam from playing 'As Time Goes By' and comes face to face with Elsa. You can see everything they're feeling in their faces.

Did anyone read Susan Elizabeth Phillip's Natural Born Charmer? The hero is driving along the road and sees the heroine walking in a beaver costume (toting the head). I do love when the romance starts with a little jibe from one to the other.

I love a good first meet for the hero and heroine. It is so important to get the story off on the right foot. I also enjoy seeing a couple who have been parted finding each other again and having a second chance. Second chances are a version of new beginnings, I guess.

You know, I can't think of a beginning at the moment, which means I've been working too hard! I do love Darcy's comments early on in Pride and Prejudice. I have written a few second chances but for some reason I don't enjoy reading them. I always say they're exes or in my past for a reason!

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